Super Tycoon

On May 1st, Zhang Weiguang came to Bingcheng, and this time he came specifically to find Zhang Yang.

"Dad, I thought you came here to see me, but it turned out to be to solve the development problem of a new game console?" Zhang Yang looked sad.

"Come on, if you miss me, don't you know how to call? Is it because I don't have a phone, or where you live?" Zhang Weiguang gave his son a blank look.

"Besides, so many R\u0026D personnel in the company are working hard to develop new game consoles. We have been working overtime for so many days. As a result, the core of the storage has not yet been determined. How do you want us to research?"

"After researching the successful prototype, we still need to make technical adjustments to ensure that the product can be mass-produced. Don't you know this? You also said that we should successfully develop it by the end of this year and launch it to the market next year. Isn't this a delay?"

Zhang Weiguang smoked with his head depressed. This is a game console completely developed by Zhiduoxing. It is no longer an imitation of other people's products. After success, he will feel a sense of accomplishment.

And my son also said that this product will be sold to the markets of developed countries in Europe and America to earn money from those foreigners.

It is also because of this goal that he attaches great importance to this new game console, and he doesn't even care about the learning machine.

He heard that his son hired someone to be the deputy general manager, but he ignored it. Now that the prototype is stuck here, can he not be in a hurry.

Foreign game console manufacturers have already launched new game consoles, and some have announced that they will launch new consoles next year. If they don’t come out with it, won’t they be falling behind again?

And according to the storage device, design the reading device, according to the size of the storage, determine the size of the game content, determine the picture quality of the game and many other issues.

If one step gets stuck, the rest will get stuck.

"Dad, don't worry. Someone is already researching and developing new storage devices. Let's go back and buy them. Summer vacation, I will go during summer vacation, and they haven't successfully developed it yet."

"What did you say? Haven't you developed it yet? You plan to apply a technology that has not been successful? Do you know how long it takes for a new technology to be stably applied and run after being developed?" Zhang Weiguang was anxious Oh, isn't this nonsense!

"Dad, what years are you talking about? How fast the technology is changing now. For example, the screen of this TV is getting bigger and clearer, and the sound is getting better and better. Is the speed faster than before?"

"In the past, it may have been more than ten years to make a breakthrough.

But let alone more than ten days now, there may be a breakthrough in dozens of days. You see, the original electronics factory in the city, can you imagine it being transformed into an electrical appliance factory to produce TVs? "

"And the TVs produced are only sold to the capital in the south, and most of them are exported to Eastern Europe. The export volume is more than five times that of domestic sales!"

"What does it mean? It means that our technology has improved very quickly. This new storage technology is more advanced than the current mainstream CD-ROM, and has a larger storage capacity."

"Of course, there are still shortcomings. For example, the wear rate of the storage disc is high, and the error correction rate of the magnetic head is very poor. These are all due to the fact that there are few people in the research and less money invested. With money, these can be solved."

"And this is a storage device different from other game consoles, which can distinguish us from other game consoles. We will be the first game console to use this storage technology and will be remembered by history!"

"Go, go, don't make too much noise. Are you sure it will be successful during the summer vacation? Why don't we use CD-ROM storage technology to make a game console first?"

"Dad, this storage technology is patented. If we sell it out and don't give him any money, we will be sued. This is not the kind of game console we used to, with such low technical content."

"Don't worry, I'm thinking about this too. Later we have to build a factory to produce game discs. It's best for us to do this ourselves, and we can avoid being pirated."

Zhang Yang has already started planning, but all the plans are based on the success of VCD.

He asked someone about it, and Professor Jiang has indeed established a company, and is indeed developing a new product, the name is VCD.

After this product was produced in the previous life, Professor Jiang didn't understand the market and sold it directly. Later, the islanders preempted the patent registration, which in turn authorized it in the country, making Professor Jiang's brand disappear.

All of this is due to the limitation of vision and lack of understanding of patent law. Zhang Yang will remind Professor Jiang that as long as the only authorized game console for this product is their Zhiduoxing, it will be fine.

"Anyway, you hurry up on this matter, our time is also very tight. I heard that before the new game consoles go on sale abroad, they always warm up for a period of time, and even accept players' reservations."

"Then roughly calculate the sales volume, produce it at one time, and sell it in a centralized manner, creating a situation of queuing up in an empty alley, attracting more consumers to buy."

"If we have a prototype, we can let the agent or even the retailer promote it first, and then it will sell better. Don't be the same as now, the sales volume is about the same every month, that is, 10,000 to 20,000 units."

Zhang Yang looked at his father curiously. He didn't expect his father to study these things, but his research was too one-sided.

"Dad, we really might not be able to imitate them. Even if we did, we would not be able to reach that level of sales. The first is our Zhiduoxing brand, and now everyone is more impressed by the learning machine."

"Secondly, we don't have so many franchised stores or directly-operated stores. The sales channels are actually not as good as those of the big foreign game console manufacturers. Another thing is that the time interval between the launch of our two video game consoles is too short, and the market is not yet saturated. .”

Whether it is Sega or Nintendo, their previous generation of products is more than ten years away from the latest generation, and sales have already fallen by less than one-tenth of the original.

The promotion of new products will inevitably cause the sales of old products to decline again, or even become uninterested.

Zhiduoxing's game consoles are currently selling well, but the market has not been fully developed because people's ideas have not been reversed. If you start hyping the new console now, you'll lose more profit on the old one.

Zhang Yang's strategy for the new game console is to first attack developed markets such as Europe and the United States, and then make a big splash in the mainland market. The reason, of course, is that the economic level of the mainland is far inferior to that of developed countries in Europe and the United States.

And the price of this new video game console will no longer be close to the people. Just using a VCD drive will increase the cost a lot. Not to mention that the entire motherboard has been upgraded, the price of new electronic components purchased from Eastern Europe is not cheap, and the game CD is also included, and profits must be guaranteed. The sales in the mainland will not be very good.

But it doesn't matter, this game machine, Zhang Yang can even accept failure, it's just a matter of accumulating experience. Of course, it would be even better if it didn't fail.